Why we are creeping towards a crisis of the system
A few weeks ago the Reserve Bank governor made the extraordinary claim that house prices were unsustainable but that the Reserve Bank had played only “a bit part” in the problem
New Zealand Politics
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Dr Liz Gordon: Gaming the Covid Vaccination Certificate
I predict a large rash of fake CVCs around the place over summer.
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The Working Group – the newest & greatest weekly political podcast with Simon Bridges, David Seymour & Damien Grant
THIS WEEK
Issue 1 – What the hell just happened inside National?
Issue 2 – Why in all that is holy is ACT on 16%?
Issue 3 – 3 cheers for Jacinda’s handling of Delta?
Plus everyone will have a final word 90 second rant.
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A Chris Trotter rewind – What sort of Christian is Chris Luxon?
TDB looked into Chris Luxon’s extreme evangelical faith in 2019. In an age of science leading policy, will NZ embrace an extreme religious politician?
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Dear panicking civil libertarians – isn’t a pandemic the reason you have urgency?
A lot of angry and frightened civil libertarians (many of whom I admire ) were rattled last week by the use of urgency to pass the traffic light vaccination passport scheme.
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Jimmy O’Dea – Thank You
I’m proud to have known this man and to have stood alongside him on many frontlines. He lived a big life in a small country. Thank you Jimmy.
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Awaiting response to questions
On 14 November 2021, an Open Letter (below) was emailed to Nanaia Mahuta, noting her past comments on certain aspects of foreign policy and the importance of international rules and institutions.
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The simple truth is – Simon Bridges has earned a second shot
The Key-Luxon conjoined twin pitch is Luxon for Leader and Key replacing Goodfellow as President. Together, puppet and master, will shoulder tap the next generation of alpha leaders to stand as a fresh new generation of right wing politicians vetted through a candidate academy.
It’s elitism on cocaine.
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Dow drops 900 points – Omicron Virus mutation risks all
The Dow dropped 900 points on news that a new Covid mutation could bypass current vaccine protection AND be more transmittable than Delta.
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Waatea News Column: What are we going to do with the unvaccinated?
One of the most painful aspects of this pandemic has been the two different realities our community has been split into.